7.2 Diagnosing Co-Occurring Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents With Intellectual Disability/Intellectual Developmental Disorder

Abstract

This presentation describes the co-occurrence and assessment of mental disorders (MD) in children and adolescents with intellectual disability (ID) and intellectual developmental disorders (IDD). The presentation offers modifications in assessment techniques for differential diagnosis of MD, with a particular emphasis on DSM-5 conceptualization of ID and IDD that include both intellectual and adaptive functioning deficits.